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	Malawi general election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The elections were scheduled for May 18 but were delayed for two days, postponed in response to opposition complaints of irregularities in the voters' roll.
		Malawi has no reliable opinion polls, but surveys conducted by Malawi media groups before the election had put Gwanda Chakuamba, the candidate of a seven-party opposition coalition, in the lead.
		At the 1999 elections the United Democratic Front won 93 seats, the Malawi Congress Party won 66 seats, and the Alliance for Democracy won 29 seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malawi_general_election,_2004 (399 words)

	Elections in 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of national elections (sometimes called General or Presidential Elections) that took place around the world in 2004.
		Ghanaian presidential election, 2004 and Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004
		Romanian presidential elections, 2004 and Romanian legislative elections, 2004
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_2004 (164 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Malawi Votes in Presidential Election
		The election was originally supposed to be held Tuesday, but the main opposition coalition convinced the High Court to delay voting to give the parties more time to examine the newly revised voter registration list.
		"Elections are always an exciting event in Malawi, in view of the background that for the past 30 years, people did not have the chance of voting during the dictatorial rule of Dr. Banda," he said.
		Neale says 92 percent of the station's election coverage was devoted to the ruling coalition, and only eight percent to all of the opposition parties.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-5-20/21553.html (696 words)

	Malawi: Election Context
		Malawi's election, postponed until next week to allow for additional scrutiny of updated voter rolls, highlights both the implantation of democratic institutions and the wide gap to bridge before voters receive the benefits they wish political leaders to provide.
		Whether it would impact on the election, Malawi's third multi-party poll since 1994, could depend on how well the MEC was seen to perform in securing the voting and counting process, he said.
		As Malawi heads to elections later this month, IRIN spoke to Rafiq Hajat, the director of the Institute for Policy Interaction, on the legacy of 10 years of multi-party democracy.
	www.africafocus.org /docs04/mal0405.php (3169 words)

	Malawi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		While the civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces, there were some instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of government authority.
		International election observers uniformly cited the lack of balanced media coverage as a limiting factor to the overall freedom and fairness of the electoral process.
		International election observers found the May 20 presidential and parliamentary elections to have substantial shortcomings, including inequitable access to the state-owned media, the ruling party's use of state resources to campaign, and poor planning by the MEC.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41613.htm (7332 words)

	Election Talk Online
		It is generally noted that intra-party democracy remains the weakest link in the chain of elements that together would constitute a democratic state, in some cases the lack of it also helped undermine democracy through the self-interested action on the part of the leadership of a political party
		As there was a fresh registration drive for both the 1994 and 1999 general elections, this may probably reinforce the idea amongst the voters that a new registration is needed for one to vote.
		The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary General Elections have come and gone, and the nation is coming to terms with events that transpired and nursing wounds that were inflicted during violent episodes that took place.
	electiontalk.blogspot.com (6701 words)

	Centre For Social Concern Kanengo Malawi/June2004/ revue de Presse
		It is to be noted that Malawi's inflation is driven by the food index, therefore food shortages have the history of bringing inflationary pressures in the medium and long term.
		Malawi is currently grappling to fill an estimated 600,000 metric tons production shortfalls on maize, the staple food crop, while rice yields are also expected to fall by six percent.
		Malawi will certainly not be justified to decry poor harvests when she is not doing much about soil conservation.
	www.africamission-mafr.org /kanengojune04.htm (4845 words)

	www.businessinafrica.net \| features \| agriculture IMF fuels hunger for Southern Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Malawi is one of the most hardest hit in the region wnere around 2 million people need food aid this year due to a prolonged drought that persisted in southern Africa for the past six years.
		As of November 2004 WFP had started relief operations to Malawi but this year it is uncertain as the country's strategic grain reserves have been depleted.
		The IMF suspended lending to Malawi in 2004 citing corruption and pre-election over-expenditure.
	www.businessinafrica.net /features/agriculture/440975.htm (1395 words)

	POLITICS-MALAWI: Election Campaign Promises to be Ugly and Brutal
		Malawi first became a multiparty democracy in 1994 for the first time from nearly 30 years of single party dictatorship.
		That Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in May of 2004 will be free and fair was put to test and the ruling party significantly failed when its notorious young democrats beat up the local journalist and sent a horde of other journalists scampering for their lives from an apparently innocent convention.
		President Muluzi said as the country nation prepares for next year's general elections, he will ensure the protection of journalists because their role in civic education is vital,” said the statement.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=19228 (1028 words)

	CMI Publication: The role of the judiciary in the 2004 general elections in Malawi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The role of the judiciary in the 2004 general elections in Malawi
		In the 2004 elections they were involved at every stage of the election process.
		The institutional context of the 2004 general elections in Malawi
	www.cmi.no /publications/publication.cfm?pubid=1939 (232 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Malawi election puts Aids high on agenda
		Malawi goes to the polls today after a general election campaign that confirmed the emergence of a new political force in Africa: people with HIV/Aids.
		Political parties have swept away a decade of silence and embarrassment to compete for the votes of those stricken with or affected by the disease.
		Another concern is that the ruling party, widely accused of corruption, will compound its hijacking of the state media for propaganda purposes by rigging an election already delayed for two days by irregularities in the voters' roll.
	www.guardian.co.uk /aids/story/0,7369,1220463,00.html (771 words)

	Azerbaijan - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Widespread voting irregularities during the election included ballot box stuffing, multiple voting and intimidation of voters and election observers.
		Scores of election officials who refused to sign flawed election protocols during the count were reportedly threatened and detained.
		Hundreds of protesters and dozens of police officers were injured, many seriously, in clashes between opposition activists protesting at election irregularities and officers from the police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Special Forces in the capital, Baku, on 16 October.
	web.amnesty.org /report2004/aze-summary-eng (816 words)

	General News of Tuesday, 1 June 2004
		He also urged the EC to provide prospective presidential and parliamentary candidates with their nomination documents early enough for them to be able to make their trips round the country expeditiously and get people to endorse their nominations as required by law.
		Gyimah-Boadi said the prevention of violence during election period required such civic education that would necessarily include educating voters on why they should be penalized and should not be rewarded with their votes, candidates and parties, who enticed them with cash, appealed to them on ethnic basis, made empty promises and irresponsible statements.
		The Professor noted that elections, everywhere, even in the matured democracies, were never free of some amount of dispute, adding; "however, electoral disputes do not necessarily have to result in violent conflicts".
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=58999 (717 words)

	"); NewWindow.document.write("IRINnews"); NewWindow.document.write(" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ruling party candidate Bingu wa Mutharika was declared the winner of last week's election and was inaugurated on Monday, amid violent protests by opposition supporters who believed the election was rigged.
		Election observer groups have stopped short of endorsing the poll as both free and fair, while the MEC has been slated for its handling of the election.
		The commission opposed a re-run of the election, and court papers setting out the MEC's position would be filed.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=41277&...&SelectCountry=MALAWI (460 words)

	Election 2004: "The World Speaks": September 2004 Archives
		During the election campaign, intermediate polls will be published as well allowing U.S. citizens to take world opinion into account when making their own decision.
		Leading up to the US election openDemocracy is publishing a weekly exchange of letters in which Americans and non-Americans share their thoughts and feelings about the world’s lone superpower.
		Leading up to the US election in November, openDemocracy is publishing a weekly exchange of letters in which Americans and non-Americans share their thoughts and feelings about the world’s lone superpower.
	www.theworldspeaks.net /en/archives/2004/09 (9138 words)

	afrika.no - Malawi: Rioting over election results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Blantyre - Police fired tear gas at opposition supporters in Malawi on Sunday during rioting that broke out after the ruling party's candidate was declared the winner of the presidential election in the poor southern African country.
		Voters in Malawi, one of the world's poorest nations, went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament and a successor to President Bakili Muluzi, who is reluctantly stepping down after two terms in office.
		The elections in Malawi have been criticised by international observers including EU monitors who cited "serious shortcomings" in preparing the voters' list and biased media coverage.
	www.afrika.no /Detailed/5386.html (445 words)

	Pambazuka News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Six SADC countries are preparing for elections during the course of the year as the region’s democracy and governance once again come under the spotlight.
		Although election dates are not yet confirmed in some of the countries, it is almost certain Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa will hold either presidential or parliamentary elections between March and December 2004.
		The Malawian opposition is set to repeat the strategy it used in the 1999 election when the main opposition parties, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the Alliance for Democracy (Aford) fielded one presidential candidate and narrowly lost the race.
	www.pambazuka.org /index.php?id=20250 (1228 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by a college of representatives who are elected directly from each state; president and vice president serve four-year terms; election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008)
		The rise in GDP in 2004 was undergirded by substantial gains in labor productivity.
		Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html (1846 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Malawi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
		Current President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, elected in May 2004 after the previous president failed to amend the constitution to permit another term, has struggled to assert his authority against his predecessor, who still leads their shared political party.
		elections: last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held May 2009)
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/mi.html (1089 words)

	Malawi general election, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Presidential elections and legislative elections were held in Malawi on May 20, 2004.
		By May 22 no results had been announced, leading to protests from the opposition and threats of disorder.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/malawi_general_election__2004 (438 words)

	Election 2004 Special Reports
		In Duval the challenge is to be resolved on the spot by three election workers, or by having the voter cast a provisional ballot.
		Next door, at Election Protection's temporary headquarters in the church's education center, the Rev. R.L. Gundy, head of the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition, was putting pins on the map of Jacksonville, marking the "hot spots" where the group expects voters to be challenged.
		Elsewhere in the country the principal subject of the election may be terror or the economy; in Florida the subject is democracy.
	www.thenation.com /blogs/groundwar?bid=14 (6247 words)

	Fear of Draft Affecting Election - by Jim Lobe
		ith the presidential election coming down to the wire, the possibility of a revived military draft is looming as a potentially decisive factor in the outcome.
		That demographic group, which was already the most pro-Kerry in the general voting population before the latest rumors and reports, is also considered the most unpredictable.
		Younger voters historically have abstained from voting in greater proportions than other age groups, but, aided by special campaigns such as the star-studded Rock the Vote effort, and the recent Vote for Change tour led by superstar Bruce Springsteen, that may not hold true this year.
	www.antiwar.com /lobe/?articleid=3828 (1112 words)

	afrika.no - Malawi: Election head bows out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The main opposition Malawi Congress Party and the Mgwirizano coalition (a grouping of five parties) are challenging the presidential results in the high court.
		The European Union said in its report on the elections that there should be laws to prevent the abuse of public resources by the ruling party, which has been accused of giving money to voters.
		The Southern African Development Community monitoring team said the elections were fair but that a number of issues needed to be addressed.
	www.afrika.no /Detailed/5937.html (430 words)

	Capitol Hill Blue: Nobody's Life, Liberty or Property is Safe While Congress is In Session
		The move is almost certain to force the government to resign and hold new elections within months.
		Veterinary experts are cautioning that exaggerated media and government reports of a deadly influenza pandemic triggered by the avian flu are causing needless public hysteria.
		AP - Bombers killed 42 people Thursday at a Baghdad restaurant favored by police and an army recruiting center to the north, while Iraqi troops along the Iranian border found 27 decomposing bodies, unidentified victims of the grisly violence plaguing the country.
	www.capitolhillblue.com (1744 words)

	Iraq Disputes UN Over Legitimacy of Election - by Thalif Deen
		The envoy publicly dismissed warnings by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who expressed fears that the threatened "boycott" of the upcoming elections by certain sections of the Iraqi population would detract from the legitimacy of the polls, scheduled for Jan. 30.
		He predicted the elections "would not be the end of process but, rather, a beginning – and an important step in the development of a democratic nation."
		The Iraqi insurgents, who have warned the government against holding elections, have threatened to disrupt the polls with a wave of violence, including suicide bombings, which could deter many Iraqis from going to the polls.
	www.antiwar.com /ips/deen.php?articleid=4163 (1298 words)

	Election 2004: "The World Speaks": October 2004 Archives
		It’s one of the world’s biggest news stories in 2004, but the issues are not the same in China as they are in Iran.
		The results will be published shortly before Election Day on theworldvotes.org and sent to all subscribers and international press contacts.
		Many said the election process was fixed and that U.S. policy toward Iraq wouldn't change no matter who won.
	www.theworldspeaks.net /en/archives/2004/10 (4920 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Malawi
		Current President Bakili MULUZI came to power in the 1994 elections and was reelected to office in 1999.
		elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held NA May 2009)
		In late 2000, Malawi was approved for relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/mi.html (1021 words)

	EISA { PUBLICATIONS }
		EISA observer missions reports for the South African National and Provincial Elections 12-14 April 2004, the Malawi 2004 General Election, the Mozambique Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 1-2 December 2004 and the Botswana Parliamentary and Local Government Elections 30 October 2004.
		Women Participation in Party Politics during the Multiparty Era in Africa: The Case of Tanzania by Rose Shayo.
		This document is a culmination of three years of hard work and involved a great deal of research and consultation in the region.
	www.eisa.org.za /EISA/publications/publications.htm (231 words)

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